Truck.



J SGHREIBER.

TRUCK. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 2,4, 1908.

Patented May 4, 1909.

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JOHN SCHREIBER, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

TRUCK.

Specification oi Letters Patent.

Application filed March 2e Patented May 4.-, 1909.

1908. Serial No. 422,941.

To all whom 'it may concern:

lie it known that l, JOHN Soi-mutsen, a citizen of the United Staes, and resident of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trucks, of which the following is a specilication.

ln ordinary trucks of box-like form the capacity of the truck is limited to the space therein adapted to contain articles, so that if a lot or order goods, of greater quantity t' in a given tru will hold, is to be moved from a place of storage to the place for packing them in crates, boxes or the like, the balance of the goods of such lot or order has to oe placed in another truck, and so on, there- 1- v enlailiug the use of an increased number of trucks and the consequent expense and space required for such trucks.

The object of my invention is to provide a truck of substantially box-like form, Whose holding capacity may be increased to receive a greater quantity of goods than when the truck is adjusted to its normal or smaller capacity. whereby a smaller number. of

trucks of given size may be utilized to transport a greater quantity of goods than with the ordinary box-like trucks.

l'n carrying out my invention I provide a truck having a bottom and sides, with ends niovably or pivotally connected with said bottom, said ends having inwardly projecting webs forming substantial extensions of the sides, when the ends are opened outwardly, and means to hold said ends firmly in oili'erent open positions, and by preference I provide the sides with shields or pockets to receive the webs on the ends to prevent them from interfering with the contents of the truck.

My invention also comprises novel details of impr vement and combinations of parts that will be more fully hereinafter set forth and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein,

Figure l is a perspective view of a truck embodying my invention, one of the ends being opened out, Fig, 2 is a side view of the truck partly broken away, and Fig. 3 is a detail section, enlarged, on the line 3, 3, in Fig. 2.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

rlhe main body portion of the truck comprises a suitable bottom l, sides 2 rising therefrom, and movable ends 3, shown hinged to the end portions of bottom l so as to form, when closed, a box-like receptacle having an open top, suitable rollers or trucks s'-, 5, being secured to the truck in any well known manner. l have shown the ends $3 hinged to the bottom by means of rods (l passing through holes in brackets 7 and receiving the eyes of hinge plates S, riveted or otherwise fastened to the ends 3. rlhe ends 3 at their edges have inwardly projecting webs 3 suitably secured to the ends, and shown having their upper edges curved, which webs are located substantially parallel with the sides 2, so that when opened out said ends 3 in conjunction with the webs 3a will increase the capacity of thc truck to a corresponding extent, as the webs form substantial continuations of the sides Q.. Means are provided for holding the ends opened out more or less, and for this purpose l have shown the webs 3 provided with strips 9 provided with holes l() to receive pins ll that pass through holes in sides Q to firmly and detachably secure the webs 3a to the sides 2, whereby the ends 23 may be held firmly in the desired positions. Flexible connections l2 may be attached to the pins ll and connected with the sides 2 to retain said pins in location for use.

In order that the webs 8@ will not interfere with or injure the contents of the truck as said webs are swung back and forth, l provide shields or pockets to receive said webs, which shields or pockets may be formed between the sides 2 and walls or plates 2, between which the webs 3a are located and may freely travel, or said pockets may be formed in any other suitable manner.

With a truck constructed in accordance with my improvements the same may be used closed, as in Fig. 2, in the ordinary manner and stored in that condition so as not to take up extra space. lf the required contents of the box exceed its capacity when closed, one or both of its ends may be opened out to any desired extent, as shown in Fig. l, to increase the capacity of the truck. and the ends may be held in such position by the pins ll, all whereby the same truck may receive more or less goods as may be required. By this means charging of trucks with goods to be taken from a storage place for packing is facilitated, the number of trucks required for a given amount of work may be decreased, sind smaller trucks used to the same relative extent, because of their capacity to receive more goods when required than theg7 permit when the ends lare Closed.

Changes may be mede in the details of Construction shown and described, Within the scope of the appended claims, Without departing from rthe spirit ot' my invention.

Having noiv described my invention what I `claim is:

l, A. truck comprising a. bottom and sides, and ends hinged thereto and provided With Webs extending along seid sides7 the seid sides being provided With pockets opening at the ends thereof receiving the corresponding Webs to protect them from engagement with the contents of the truck.

A truck comprising a bottom, sides provided with double walls forming pockets,

ends hinged to seid bottoni and provided y with Webs adapted to move back and forth Within the corresponding pockets, :1nd means for securing said ends and their Webs in positions of adjustment.

Signed zit New York city, in the county of New York, und State of New York, this 21st dn'v of Merch, A. D. 1908.

JOHN SUHtETBER.

Witnesses '1`.F.BoUnNn, MARIE F. hun mon-T. 

